Sr. Data Scientist

Company Description

Blend360 is an acclaimed, forward-thinking Data, Digital Marketing, & AI Solutions Company, dedicated to fueling remarkable outcomes for our Fortune 500 clients. Our trajectory is one of continuous expansion, emerging at the crossroads of cutting-edge analytics, data proficiency, technology, and digital marketing excellence. 

Job Description

We are seeking a Sr. Data Scientist to support our Fortune 100 client, a global provider of healthcare and retail pharmacy services, in developing innovative member outreach campaigns to improve our members’ health, analyze patient behavior to optimize results, and build models to drive business value.  In parallel, our engineers and developers build a platform around scalable core capabilities that enable highly targeted and effective member outreaches for our pharmacists across campaigns.

The Details:

• Location: Fully remote
• Duration: 6-month consulting role with potential for extension or conversion to hire
• Benefits:  We do offer benefits to our full-time consultants, including Health, Vision, Dental, 401K plan, Life Insurance, Pretax Commuter Benefits, and an incredibly supportive team cheering you on!

What you’ll do:

This senior-level individual contributor role within our client’s Retail Health Services Analytics team is tasked with developing scalable, data-driven insights and products to improve health outcomes.  Examples include building prioritization, forecasting and uplift models, identifying and investigating trends and anomalies in data, and delivering solutions that optimize compute and drive automation.

• Design, develop, and implement predictive models using advanced data science concepts (e.g., regression modeling, time series forecasting, classification, data clustering, deep learning).
• Utilize data mining techniques to extract insights from internal data sources to interpret model impact and goals.
• Analyze patient outreach and journey data to help develop benchmarks, optimization strategies and develop analytics solutions.
• Develop and participate in presentations and consultations to existing and prospective constituents within the business, technology and operational counterparts on new insights and analytics results.
• Collaborate with large teams on code development, including developer-friendly Python packages to make data science-oriented functionalities accessible to the organization.
• Develop scalable source code, write tests, and participate in overall architecture discussions to create scalable products and functionalities.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or another quantitative field.
• 3+ years of experience programming in Python and SQL
• 2+ years of experience working in designing, developing, and implementing data science solutions.
• 1+ years of experience with advanced machine learning techniques leveraging PyTorch or TensorFlow.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or another quantitative field
• Demonstrable Python software development background
• Familiarity with cloud-based platforms and services
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders.
• High level of self-motivation and curiosity
• Knowledgeable about emerging data technology and learning techniques.

Additional Information

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

The pay range for this role is $40-45 per hour. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent on several factors including but not limited to relevant experience, skills, certifications, training, and location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range and determining factors for compensation are considered for each individual circumstance. BLEND360 also offers a competitive benefits program to meet the health and financial well-being of our team and their families. You can look forward to a range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401K, PTO, commuter benefits, spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, and EAPs.

A diverse workforce is a strong workforce
To deliver growth at BLEND360 and for our clients, we believe as a Talent Solutions Company, we have a responsibility and unique opportunity to positively impact the workforce. Diversity has played a critical role in our history, our growth, and continues to have a profound impact on our success.  We are determined to have equality in the workplace, within our team and as an extension of our clients’ team.

BLEND360 is an equal opportunity employer.